Good Cheap Excelsior Chinese BBQ and Lunch

Just thought that I'd tell folks about a relatively new little Chinese bbq place called Kong's Cafe. They are on Mission in the Excelsior -- just across the street from the Excelsior Safeway (Mission between Italy and France). They have good ducks, soy sauce chicken and Char Siu, and their lunch specials ($3.95)and other rice plates, soups (I really liked their wontons), and noodle dishes are very good. Also, between 4:00 and 8:00, they have dinner specials for $2.88! I went in there the other day and 5 postal trucks were parked outside the place! It seems that this is the preferred lunch place for many of the folks who work in the Excelsior -- it's good and quite inexpensive.

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